ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS - updated August 5, 2008

July 24-25, 2008

James W. Renoe PE 26609 agreed to a consent order that required him to pay a $250.00 fine to the Board, to serve six months probation and the consent order and final order to become public record. The order indicates Mr. Renoe failed to respond to multiple notices from the Board advising him he had been selected for audit of the continuing professional competency credits he obtained in order to renew his professional engineer license for 2007 and requesting he provide documents supporting those earned continuing professional competency credits.

Glen A. McCord, PE 20694 was found guilty at a formal hearing before the Board for authorizing significant changes to the architectural design of a structure. Mr. McCord was required to pay $2,376.40 to the Board as cost of the disciplinary hearing, to pay a $2,500.00 fine to the Board, reprimanded to insure he understood the implications of this type of violation of the Board’s rules and regulations and his license to practice engineering in the State of Alabama was suspended for one year with said suspension stayed.

Shawn Beasley, was found guilty at a formal hearing before the Board of offering to practice engineering in the State of Alabama without obtaining a license to practice engineering from the Board. Mr. Beasley was required to pay $166.00 to the Board as cost of the disciplinary hearing, to pay a $2,500.00 civil penalty to the State of Alabama General Fund and to cease and desist the practice of engineering until such time as he receives a license to practice engineering from the Board.

Willie E. Heflin Jr., PLS 19255 was found not guilty at a formal hearing before the Board for accepting money to perform a survey of property belonging to the complainant and failing to provide the survey drawing.

John H. Crigler, a previously licensed individual whose professional engineer license was revoked by the Board agreed to a consent order that required him to pay $921.68 to the Board as cost of the investigation, to pay a $22,500.00 civil penalty to the State of Alabama General Fund, to cease and desist the offering to practice or practice of engineering until such time as his license to practice engineering is re-issued by the Board and the consent order and final order would become public record. The order indicates Mr. Crigler provided engineering reports that contained the name of a licensed Alabama professional engineer without the engineer’s knowledge.

Minsheng Xie, an un-licensed individual agreed to a consent order that required his firm to pay $153.99 to the Board as cost of the investigation, to pay a $500.00 civil penalty to the State of Alabama General Fund, to cease and desist the offering to practice or practice of engineering until such time as his firm obtains a certificate of authorization for engineering issued by the Board and the consent order and final order would become public record. The order indicates Mr. Xie offered engineering services through his company in the State of Alabama without obtaining a certificate of authorization for engineering from the Board.

Donan Engineering Company Inc., an un-certificated firm and Mr. Paul E. Ivie PE 29033, agreed to a consent order that required the firm to pay $209.50 to the Board as cost of the investigation, to pay a $500.00 civil penalty to the State of Alabama General Fund, to cease and desist the offering to practice or practice of engineering until such time as the firm obtains a certificate of authorization for engineering issued by the Board and the consent order and final order would become public record. The order indicates Mr. Ivie provided an engineering report bearing the company name in the State of Alabama without obtaining a certificate of authorization for engineering from the Board.

International Applied Engineering, an un-certificated firm agreed to a consent order that required the firm to pay $349.77 to the Board as cost of the investigation, to pay a $1,000.00 civil penalty to the State of Alabama General Fund, to cease and desist the offering to practice or practice of engineering until such time as the firm obtains a certificate of authorization for engineering issued by the Board and the consent order and final order would become public record. The order indicates the firm offered engineering services in the State of Alabama without employing a licensed Alabama professional engineer and obtaining a certificate of authorization for engineering from the Board.

Pat Smith, an un-licensed individual agreed to a consent order that required him to pay $178.40 to the Board as cost of the investigation, to pay a $1,000.00 civil penalty to the State of Alabama General Fund, to cease and desist the offering to practice or practice of land surveying until such time as he obtains a license to practice land surveying issued by the Board and the consent order and final order would become public record. The order indicates Mr. Smith provided services that were within the definition of the practice of land surveying on multiple occasions without obtaining a license to practice land surveying from the Board.

Grady L. Jimmerson Jr., PLS 19746 agreed to a consent order that required his license as a professional land surveyor to be revoked and for him to cease and desist offering to practice or practicing land surveying in the State of Alabama until such time as his license to practice land surveying has been reissued by the Board. Mr. Jimmerson plead guilty and was convicted of the felony criminal charge “Rape I” on April 28, 2008 and was sentenced to a term of twenty years with five years to be spent in an Alabama penitentiary.

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